It’s important to know your limits, and perhaps you, like me, know that you’re never going to sit down with a chef’s knife and systematically dissect a whole pineapple. OXO’s Pineapple Slicer, recently upgraded to stainless steel, has you covered, and does a bang-up job.

Consumption of strawberries is nowhere near such a hardship, but there’s a simple pleasure to be taken in a bowl of strawberries, sans stems, ready to be enjoyed in their entirety. Even more useful if you were planning to use them in some other dish.